abductions through April 2011. The JTMM purported to lay down its arms in March 2011. Its current chairman Rajeev Jha AKA Utkarsha stated the Madhesi revolution would continue in a peaceful fashion, pledging to continue talks with the Nepalese government. Terrorism The JTMM has not been listed individually as a terrorist organization by any country, however the United States has designated the CPN-M, in which many JTMM cadres formerly served, a terrorist organization. In its country reports, the United States Department of State has referred to the JTMM as a "terrorist group" on at least one occasion. Under United States law, knowing past or present membership in or material support (including payments) to any organization that seizes, abducts, or threatens to kill, injure, or ransom persons renders aliens inadmissible to the United States on terrorism grounds, whether or not a group is individually listed. Timeline JTMM was formed in 2004 as a split from the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) around Jay Krishna Goit. In August 2005, several leading JTMM members were killed in fighting with the CPN-M. In July 2006, the CPN-M declared war against JTMM, accusing the JTMM of assassinating Maoist cadres. A Jwala Singh faction of the Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM-J) was formed by Nagendra Kumar Paswan AKA Jwala Singh in August 2006 after he broke away from the Goit-led JTMM. In January 2007, JTMM activists defied a curfew and clashed with police, resulting in the death of at least 24 people. On January 31, 2007, the JTMM made a truce with the government to create conditions for negotiations. Its demands included that imprisoned JTMM cadres be released and the charges against them be dropped. In the beginning of March 2007, JTMM declared that it would resume its armed insurgency because, it claimed, the government had not fulfilled its commitments regarding the truce. In March 2008, the JTMM claimed responsibility for separate attacks that killed two CPN-M workers and one leftist candidate ahead of the 2008 Elections. In April 2011, after at least six rounds of talks with the Nepalese government since 2007, JTMM claimed to lay down arms and end their violent campaigns. On April 30, 2012, at least four people were killed in a bomb explosion near a political rally in Janakpur on Monday. 18 people were injured in the blast. JTMM took responsibility of the incident. References External links Guerrilla organizations Rebel